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Cost of doing business. Not willing to put in your free time? No need to worry about getting a new job. Are you also job hunting at work, doing interviews on y

by dfee 8y ago

Cost of doing business. Not willing to put in your free time? No need to worry about getting a new job. Are you also job hunting at work, doing interviews on your employers time, etc?

gamblor956 8y ago
You're ignoring the context of the comment you're replying to. That guy already has a good job. Another company is trying to poach him. Why would he, or any other qualified and gainfully employed candidate go through that unnecessary homework bullshit for a company that's trying to recruit them? The company has its priorities misplaced. They should be trying to convince the candidate to join them, not putting up barriers to their most qualified candidates.
- ryandrake 8y ago
  I would totally do homework bullshit for a company/opportunity/compensation that I saw as “better” than what I have currently, but would not do so for anything else.
  - Clubber 8y ago
    So your salary + $1? How much better? I'm curious. I'd probably go through this for maybe 50% above market rates.
    - ryandrake 8y ago
      Not sure! I guess it depends on how much homework.
    - dfee 8y ago
      Insane. Let’s say it’s half that and you make $100k a year. You wouldn’t put in 2 hours for an extra 25k/yr? I mean this isn’t a lottery, and hopefully you’ve reasoned there will be a high probability of getting hired; say 50%. So then the expected value of your time is $6.25k/hr. Go, take the moral high ground, and don’t do the homework. That helps rational minded folk achieve an even higher hit rate.
      - Clubber 8y ago
        I'm already at top dollar in my area and have been for years. Maybe that's why I despise it so, I have nothing to gain from the trouble. I haven't had to do a cold interview since 1999. There are much better and less humiliating ways to get top dollar. Work your ass off and build reputation is the biggest one. If you are a company and you have to call a recruiter, you're already behind. Putting people through that stuff just makes it worse.

by dfee 8y ago

Cost of doing business. Not willing to put in your free time? No need to worry about getting a new job. Are you also job hunting at work, doing interviews on your employers time, etc?

gamblor956 8y ago

You're ignoring the context of the comment you're replying to. That guy already has a good job. Another company is trying to poach him. Why would he, or any other qualified and gainfully employed candidate go through that unnecessary homework bullshit for a company that's trying to recruit them? The company has its priorities misplaced. They should be trying to convince the candidate to join them, not putting up barriers to their most qualified candidates.

ryandrake 8y ago
I would totally do homework bullshit for a company/opportunity/compensation that I saw as “better” than what I have currently, but would not do so for anything else.
- Clubber 8y ago
  So your salary + $1? How much better? I'm curious. I'd probably go through this for maybe 50% above market rates.
  - ryandrake 8y ago
    Not sure! I guess it depends on how much homework.
  - dfee 8y ago
    Insane. Let’s say it’s half that and you make $100k a year. You wouldn’t put in 2 hours for an extra 25k/yr? I mean this isn’t a lottery, and hopefully you’ve reasoned there will be a high probability of getting hired; say 50%. So then the expected value of your time is $6.25k/hr. Go, take the moral high ground, and don’t do the homework. That helps rational minded folk achieve an even higher hit rate.
    - Clubber 8y ago
      I'm already at top dollar in my area and have been for years. Maybe that's why I despise it so, I have nothing to gain from the trouble. I haven't had to do a cold interview since 1999. There are much better and less humiliating ways to get top dollar. Work your ass off and build reputation is the biggest one. If you are a company and you have to call a recruiter, you're already behind. Putting people through that stuff just makes it worse.